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Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco & Guianas

Field / Identification Guide Identification Key
By: Peter van der Sleen(Editor), James S Albert(Editor), Michael J Goulding(Foreword By), Luiz R Malabarba(Preface By)
464 pages, 190 colour photos, 700 b/w illustrations, 500 colour distribution maps
Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco & Guianas
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The Amazon and Orinoco basins in northern South America are home to the highest concentration of freshwater fish species on earth, with more than 3,000 species allotted to 564 genera. Amazonian fishes include piranhas, electric eels, freshwater stingrays, a myriad of beautiful small-bodied tetras and catfishes, and the largest scaled freshwater fish in the world, the pirarucu. Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco & Guianas provides descriptions and identification keys for all the known genera of fishes that inhabit Greater Amazonia, a vast and still mostly remote region of tropical rainforests, seasonally flooded savannas, and meandering lowland rivers.

The guide's contributors include more than fifty expert scientists. They summarize the current state of knowledge on the taxonomy, species richness, and ecology of these fish groups, and provide references to relevant literature for species-level identifications. This richly illustrated guide contains 700 detailed drawings, 190 colour photos, and 500 distribution maps, which cover all genera. An extensive and illustrated glossary helps readers with the identification keys.

The first complete overview of the fish diversity in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas, this comprehensive guide is essential for anyone interested in the freshwater life inhabiting this part of the world.

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Field / Identification Guide Identification Key
By: Peter van der Sleen(Editor), James S Albert(Editor), Michael J Goulding(Foreword By), Luiz R Malabarba(Preface By)
464 pages, 190 colour photos, 700 b/w illustrations, 500 colour distribution maps
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"This is an extremely valuable guide to the genera of fishes in the Amazon. Contributors include every prominent ichthyologist working on Amazonian fishes today, making this an essential guide to the field."
– Luiz A. Rocha, California Academy of Sciences

"Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas is an outstanding contribution to the field of neotropical ichthyology. There are no similar books on the market."
– Jansen Zuanon, National Institute for Amazonian Research

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